Katie Boulter and Yue Yuan will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Hong Kong Tennis Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Katie Boulter who should win in 3 sets.
Katie Boulter -> 1.615
Yue Yuan -> 2.31
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Prediction and head to head Katie Boulter vs. Yue Yuan
This will be the 2nd time that Katie Boulter and Yue Yuan play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Boulter (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Boulter won 7-5 7-6(1) in the 1st round in at the Australian Open back in January 2024.
Highlights Katie Boulter vs Yue Yuan – Australian Open 16-January-2024
Katie Boulter
35 - 21win/loss
29
27
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-21 | 23-11 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-20 | 22-12 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 10-4 | 4-0 |
| 2022 | 29-18 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 16-7 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-15 | 12-9 | 5-1 | 7-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-8 | 10-6 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 29, Katie got to the semifinal after beating Aoi Ito 6-4 6-4
, Xiyu Wang 7-6(7) 6-4 and Anastasia Zakharova 6-4 6-0.In the quarter, Boulter had a good straight sets win against Zakharova (6-4 6-0). During the match, Boulter scored 58 points vs Zakharova’s 37. Katie was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Boulter blasted 5 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Katie Boulter conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Boulter put 66% of her first serves in, winning 87% (27/31) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (7/16) on the 2nd serve. Boulter broke Zakharova 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Boulter hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points she played.
Boulter has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (275-163). 23-11 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Boulter has a composed 139-95 match record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in San Diego where she overcame Marta Kostyuk in the final 5-7 6-2 6-2 and in Nottingham where she beat Karolina Pliskova in the final 4-6 6-3 6-2.
Boulter has a composed 35-21 win-loss record in 2024, 23-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hong Kong
Katie has never competed in this tournament before.
Yue Yuan
32 - 26win/loss
45
36
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-26 | 27-16 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-29 | 27-17 | 8-7 | 1-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-25 | 33-16 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-17 | 6-7 | 3-6 | 15-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 45, the Chinese got to the semifinal after defeating Simona Halep 6-3 6-3, Nao Hibino 4-6 7-5 6-2 and Sofia Kenin 6-3 6-3.
In the quarter, Yuan had a good straight sets win against Kenin (6-3 6-3). During the match Yuan scored 64 points vs Kenin’s 52. Yue was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Yuan blasted 8 aces and she was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Yue Yuan was quite effective on serve to win 87% (26/30) of her 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Chinese broke Kenin 3 times after converting 33% of her break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Austin where she beat Xiyu Wang in the final 6-4 7-6(4).
The Chinese has a compiled 32-26 win-loss record in 2024, 27-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Boulter | Yuan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 59 | 66 |
| Pts | 228-182 | 236-202 |
| Total Points | 410 | 438 |
| Winners | 104 | 94 |
| %Winners | 46% | 40% |
Both Boulter and Yuan played 3 matches. At the moment, Yue Yuan dropped 1 set while Katie Boulter hasn’t lost a set so far. Boulter has played 1 set(s) less than Yuan (6 vs 7). Therefore, Boulter played 7 games less than Yuan. Boulter scored 104 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese bagged 94 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Boulter | Yuan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 4.3 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 131/209 | 134/204 |
| %1st in | 63% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 104/131 | 94/134 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 37/78 | 32/70 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 46% |
Boulter scored 13 aces (4.3 per match). Yuan bagged 10 aces (3.3 per match). Boulter won 79% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Yuan won 70% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Boulter | Yuan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 15 |
| Converted | 9/22 | 15/38 |
| % Converted | 41% | 39% |
| Conceded | 14 | 21 |
| Saved | 12 | 14 |
| % Saved | 86% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 7 |
The Brit broke her opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Brit lost her serve twice and she saved 86% of the break points that she conceded. The Chinese broke her opponents 15 times with a 39% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Boulter | |||||
| R1 Ito | R2 Wang | 1/4 Zakharova | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 7-67 6-4 | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 23 | 16 | 59 | |
| pts | 79-66 | 91-79 | 58-37 | 228-182 | |
| Total points | 145 | 170 | 95 | 410 | |
| Winners | 34 | 43 | 27 | 104 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 47% | 47% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 8 | 2 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 42/67 | 58/95 | 31/47 | 131/209 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 61% | 66% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 34/42 | 43/58 | 27/31 | 104/131 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 74% | 87% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 18/37 | 7/16 | 37/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 49% | 44% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 2/9 | 3/7 | 4/6 | 9/22 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 43% | 67% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 | 2 | 14 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 7/9 | 2/2 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 78% | 100% | 93% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Yuan | |||||
| R1 Halep | R2 Hibino | 1/4 Kenin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 4-6 7-5 6-2 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 30 | 18 | 66 | |
| pts | 65-51 | 107-99 | 64-52 | 236-202 | |
| Total points | 116 | 206 | 116 | 438 | |
| Winners | 27 | 41 | 26 | 94 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 38% | 41% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 37/54 | 67/97 | 30/53 | 134/204 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | 57% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 41/67 | 26/30 | 94/134 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 61% | 87% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 10/30 | 13/23 | 32/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 33% | 57% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 8/18 | 3/9 | 15/38 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 44% | 33% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 15 | 4 | 21 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 9/15 | 4/4 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 60% | 100% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |
Tennis Scores in Hong Kong
- Ulrikke Eikeri/Makoto NinomiyaEikeri/Makoto Ninomiya – Tereza Mihalikova/Olivia NichollsMihalikova/Olivia Nicholls (6-78 7-5 10-7) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rigele TeTe – Blake EllisEllis (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yibing WuWu – Yan BaiBai (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Yue YuanYuan – Katie BoulterBoulter (0-1) – H2H and prediction